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00:00Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's working on a comprehensive plan to end
00:07the war with Russia.
00:10US President Joe Biden defends his unsteady performance in Thursday night's TV debate
00:17against Donald Trump.
00:21Italy's Prime Minister Giorgio Maloney condemns racist and anti-Semitic remarks made by members
00:27of the ruling party's youth league.
00:35Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he's working on a comprehensive plan to end
00:40the war with Russia.
00:43He was speaking to reporters alongside Slovenia's President Natasha Pietrusza, who was in Kiev
00:49to discuss preparations for a second peace summit.
00:53Zelensky said, we do not want to prolong this war, adding that he would put forward
00:57a detailed plan to bring about its end in a matter of months.
01:02He called on European Union leaders on Thursday to live up to their promises to provide military
01:06equipment to his country after the bloc pledged long-term support to Kiev.
01:12Meanwhile, authorities in Dnipro said one person was killed and three others injured
01:18in a Russian strike on an apartment block.
01:22The regional governor said two people have been declared missing and a seven-month-old
01:26child was suffering from smoke inhalation.
01:35U.S. President Joe Biden has made a forceful bid to quell anxieties over his unsteady showing
01:41in Thursday night's TV debate against Donald Trump.
01:46Biden's halting delivery and meandering comments have fueled concerns among members of his
01:51own party that at 81 he's not up to the task of leading the country for another four years.
01:59Speaking to supporters in North Carolina, Biden said he knew he wasn't a young man but
02:04said, I know how to do this job.
02:08Speaking at the event in Raleigh for 18 minutes, Biden slammed Trump for his lies and for running
02:14a campaign aimed at revenge and retribution.
02:19He told supporters he wouldn't be running for a second term if he didn't believe he
02:23was up to the job, saying the stakes are too high.
02:35Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney has condemned racist and anti-Semitic remarks
02:40made by members of the ruling party's youth league.
02:44Speaking to reporters in Brussels, Maloney said anti-Semitism and racism are incompatible
02:49with the Brothers of Italy.
02:52Those comments come after two members of the National Youth resigned over anti-Semitic
02:56slurs and threats made against a Jewish senator.
03:00The left-wing news outlet Fanpage claimed in its expose it had video evidence of National
03:06Youth members using racist slurs and making Nazi salutes.
03:11There's been outrage from members of the Jewish community of Rome, with some calling
03:15on Maloney to punish the youngsters involved.
03:19Brothers of Italy has its roots in the Italian social movement, a party formed in 1946 by
03:26supporters of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.
03:35Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered the production of missiles previously banned
03:40under a now-defunct arms control treaty with the United States.
03:45The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty banned the use of some ground-based nuclear
03:49and conventional missiles.
03:52It was regarded as an arms control landmark when it was signed in 1988.
03:58Putin said, we need to start production of these strike systems at a meeting of the National
04:03Security Council.
04:09Yemen's Houthi rebels have claimed to have struck four ships in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
04:15Earlier in June, they released this video that they said showed the Greek-owned ship
04:21Tutor being hit.
04:23It is believed to have sunk after debris was found near its last known location.
04:28The Houthis began targeting shipping in waters around Yemen in October that they claim is
04:34linked to Israel, but many of the ships they've attacked have little or no connection to the
04:40war in Gaza.